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Tiger Woods from the U.S. reacts to the fans after he finished the second round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland, right, and Tiger Woods from U.S. walk on the 13th hole during the first round of Abu Dhabi Golf Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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Novak Djokovic returns the ball to David Ferrer during the second day of the Mubadala Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 28, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Italian prime minister Mario Monti (left) shakes hands with a UAE official as he arrives Nov. 20, 2012, to the UAE-Italy Business Forum at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with Sultan bin Saeed al Mansoori, UAE minister of economy (second left). (Associated Press)

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Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the 9th hole during the final round of the DP World Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Stephen Hindley)

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Participants listen to the speech of Hamdoun Toure, Secretary General of International Telecommunication Union, on the eleventh day of the World Conference on International Telecommunication in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 3, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Rory McIlroy plays a ball on the 2nd hole during the first round of the DP World Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 22, 2012. (Associated Press)

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From left to right: Helge Folkert Meeuw, Britta Steffen, Jenny Mensing and Marco Koch from Germany celebrate after competing in the 4X50-meter medley relay short course race at the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (from left); Reem al-Hashimi, minister of state of the United Arab Emirates; former Syrian Vice Oil Minister Abdo Hussameddin; and Bassma Kodmani of the Syrian Business Forum listen to Abdulbaset Sieda, president of the Syrian National Council, at a gathering of Syrian opposition representatives and diplomats at the Germany Foreign Ministry in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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An Emarati and a U.S. military representative talk next to an MQ-1 Predator spy plane at the 2007 Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates. The United States has in the works possible arms deals totaling more than $11.3 billion to Gulf states including Qatar and Kuwait as part of its strategy to contain Iran and protect shipping. (Associated Press)

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Emirati police and other officials inspect a boat docked in a fishing harbor in the Jumeirah district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on July 16, 2012. A U.S. official in Dubai said an American vessel fired on a boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, killing one person and injuring three. (Associated Press)